Stomach-churning video 'good old boy' posted before he got away with shooting man in back and killing him

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A South Carolina man with powerful cop friends who got away with fatally shooting a motorist shared shared gruesome videos showing off his gunmanship prior to the incident.

Weldon Boyd killed Scott Spivey, 33, on September 9, 2023, following a road rage incident in Myrtle Beach. 

Spivey passed Boyd and his friend Bradley Williams on the road, allegedly swerving within inches of their car and then waving a gun around, according to Boyd.

The men then pursued Spivey for nine miles before they exchanged gunfire, killing Spivey, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Boyd successfully claimed self defense and was never charged over the incident due to the state's stand-your-ground laws.

But it has since been claimed that Boyd managed to use his close relationship to Horry County Police Department Dept. Brandon Strickland to his advantage.

In phone calls which were being automatically by Boyd's phone and shared with the Wall Street Journal, he was heard requesting Strickland's help and even bragging that he had 'a blast' during the incident. 

The father is an avid shooter and previously shared violent videos on his Facebook page showing a prosthetic head filled with fake blood and brain matter splattering everywhere after being blasted by a bullet.

South Carolina man Waldon Boyd fatally shot a motorist in the back but was not prosecuted due to the state's stand-your-ground laws

Scott Spivey, pictured here, was shot and killed on September 9, 2023, following a road rage incident in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

His phone calls about the fatal shooting only emerged because Spivey's sister Jennifer Foley became suspicious and refused to accept the official narrative.

She began pulling records which seriously undermined Boyd's version of events, including about who shot first.

At the time of her brother's death, Boyd was automatically recording all phone calls amid a custody battle with his ex.

Foley managed to obtain some of the recordings after filing a wrongful death suit, which revealed how Boyd had reached out to his childhood friend Strickland for help in dealing with the incident. 

Immediately after the shooting recorded phone calls reveal that Williams could be heard telling Boyd: 'God damn it, Weldon. Why couldn't we f****** leave him alone.'

Boyd then told his friend not to worry, and that he had people that could help them out. 

Soon after he called the head of criminal investigations at Horry County Police Department, Dept. Brandon Strickland.

Strickland told him: 'I got the people coming that need to come', telling him that he handpicked a detective for the case. 

Boyd told officers he was acting in self defense, however recorded phone calls between him and others following the death have undermined his account

Boyd is an avid shooter and regularly shares his target practice on his Facebook page

A day later, Strickland told Boyd, 'You're taken care of'.

Horry County Police Detective Alan Jones investigated and concluded the killing was an act of self-defense.

The next day, Boyd again called Strickland telling him: 'Thank you for what y'all did behind the scenes last night.'

Strickland said: 'Alan's a good dude, I wanted to send the right person down there', adding that had Spivey been a black man it would have been more complicated. 

'I'm glad it's a white male, you would've really had people running their mouths then "white business owner shoots black male"', he added.

A day after the shooting, Strickland was recorded as saying: 'I can’t officially tell you this, but I’m gonna tell you, you-all are good to go'.

He then jokingly offered to pay a below market rate for Boyd's 2022 Dodge Ram which he had put up for sale, as well as seriously inquiring about buying a five carat diamond engagement ring which belonged to Boyd's ex-fiancée for a discount. 

Horry County Solicitor Jimmy Richardson insisted that, 'absolutely no assurances were ever made to or about Mr. Boyd by anyone in our office'. The case was also referred to the state attorney general’s office within a week of the shooting.

Spivy's Silverado is seen here on the scene, his body was left inside and hauled away to a lot

Boyd, left, and Williams, right, are seen here on the rear of Boyd's trailer following the shooting 

 Other audio captured Boyd calling his mom and confessing to shooting Spivey dead.

'You and Dad please get here ASAP,' he said. 'Mama, I killed him.'

In another call, he said: 'I told Bradley, I said, "There’s no blood on his back, so we did not shoot him in the back at any point". And Bradley said, ‘Thank God, because that’s bad in a self-defense case. You don’t want a bullet going through their back.'

His mom was also heard asking about dashcam footage which could prove who opened fire first, however no video was ever presented by Boyd, according to the WSJ.

Attorney Mark Tinsley, who is representing Foley in the wrongful death suit also questioned Boyd about his claims he was not chasing Spivey the night he died.

'If you chased Mr. Spivey, do you think you can claim self-defense? Tinsley asked

'I didn’t chase Mr. Spivey,' Boyd said. However, a phone call to his mother appears to contradict this.

'I was, like, "He just ran me off the road and aimed a gun at Bradley’s head? F**k this guy" and I chased him. Oh, I was on his ass, and his truck couldn’t outrun my truck, and he knew it. So, yeah, he was terrified,' Boyd said.

Strickland, seen here, had to stand down from his position following a probe on him the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division over alleged misconduct in connection with the case

A police officer is seen here speaking with Weldon Boyd following the shooting

Strickland was forced to resign from his job and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division now faces calls to reopen the investigation into Spivey's death. 

His lawyers told the Wall Street Journal that the recorded conversations were all 'braggadocio' and that he hadn't exerted any influence on the case. 

According to the outlet he had been unaware that he was recorded, his lawyer Bert von Herrmann said: 'There’s a huge difference between public corruption and poor taste.' 

The revelations in the phone call recordings have not resulted in any charges against Boyd and Williams or any reexamination of the case. 

Boyd took to Facebook last week to claim all allegations against him were false.

He has vowed to sue for 'defamation, conspiracy, libel and slander.'